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International, MNA | Saudi Arabia was chosen on Tuesday to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a $500 billion futuristic megacity in the desert that ...

The announcement to host 2029 Asian Winter Games was made at the General Assembly meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in Cambodia.

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf Arab state's $500 ...

A FUTURISTIC $500billion megacity in the desert has won its bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games - despite not being built yet.Saudi Arabia's ultra.

A FUTURISTIC $500billion megacity in the desert has won its bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games - despite not being built yet.Saudi Arabia's ultra.

The slick building - which will be coated in a silver shine - boasts an end-to-end travel time of about 20 minutes and is to be powered off renewable energy. It will also have miles of greenery and homes and its own farms to feed the more than five million residents expected to fill it out. Saudi wants to attract "the brightest and the best" professionals to the city and create a major commercial hub to rival Dubai in the UAE and Doha in Qatar. The mammoth project - dubbed the Mirror Line because it will be made out of mirrored glass - will be about the size of Some of the other bizarre proposals for Neom include "dinosaur robots" in a Jurassic Park-style attraction and "robot martial arts" where machines will fight each other for entertainment. The OCA said of the decision: "The deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia will soon be a playground for The city will be powered by solar and wind and will be 17 times the size of London. Cloud seeding will also be used to make rain clouds in the incredibly dry country which is the size of Western Europe. [Olympic](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/olympic-sports/) Council of [Asia](https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/asia/) (OCA) give them the green light. The approval means Saudi Arabia will become the first nation in western Asia to host the Asian Winter Games. But Trojena is still in the process of being "built from scratch" and won't be completed until at least 2026. Organisers promised they would "create the winter atmosphere in the heart of the desert" after the

The games will take place at the Trojena resort, which will be located at Saudi's highest mountain range Saudi Arabia wins bid to host Asian Winter Games ...

[the Trojena resort](https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/travel-hospitality/trojena-how-saudi-arabia-plans-to-redefine-mountain-tourism), which will be located at Saudi’s highest mountain range, and is part of its $500 billion NEOM smart city project. Saudi Arabia approached the Olympic Council of Asia in August. Saudi Arabia wins bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games.

NEOM, a futuristic city that's the brainchild of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, is slated to host the 2029 event.

[Reports have found](https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/07/28/mbs-despot-in-the-desert) that only a few buildings have [actually started to go up](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-mbs-neom-saudi-arabia/), and parts of NEOM have been criticised as unrealistic. [project’s website](https://www.neom.com/en-us/about) claims the city will “herald a luminous dawn, a promising future, and a rich life in a land built by man for the sake of all humanity.” NEOM is a futuristic city devised largely by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler known as MBS.

Saudi Arabia says it has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf Arab state's $500bn flagship Neom project.

A Saudi flag flutters atop Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 20, 2018. Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it has won ...

The rail link will improve connectivity across all of the US$500bn NEOM city, cutting down travel times. “THE SPINE [high-speed rail link] on THE LINE will ...

Saudi Arabia will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at its Trojena resort, which is being designed by Zaha Hadid, UNStudio, Aedas and LAVA as part of Neom.

Saudi Arabia plans to host the event in Neom. Planners said the city will feature flying taxis, robot maids, and year-round snow.